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Pacific nation Tuvalu has grown by 73 hectares over 40 years
Nicole Lawton23:00, Feb 09 2018
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The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu – once thought to be under threat from rising sea levels – has grown the size of California's Disneyland over the past 40 years.
It's mostly thanks to waves dumping extra sediment, sand and gravel on shore lines, according to research by Auckland University scientists.
The study, published in the Nature Communications journal on Friday, was the first in-depth look at how much each of Tuvalu's 101 islands have changed over the decades. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pac ... r-40-years
It's mostly thanks to waves dumping extra sediment, sand and gravel on shore lines, according to research by Auckland University scientists.
The study, published in the Nature Communications journal on Friday, was the first in-depth look at how much each of Tuvalu's 101 islands have changed over the decades. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pac ... r-40-years
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